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John McInnis Auctioneers: October Estates Auction - Session 2

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Auction Name October Estates Auction - Session 2 Total Sales (USD) 48,967.00
Auction Date October 28, 2017 - October 28, 2017 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 33,100.00
Sale Number #102817 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 58,175.00
Total Lots 69
Sold Lots 62 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 36,950.00
% of Lots Sold 89.86% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 64,275.00
Unsold Lots 7 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 76.18%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
582

(VIII) VOLUMES "COOK'S VOYAGES" and PORTFOLIO 17

1773 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 18,400.00
583

(3) VOL. "ACCOUNT OF THE VOYAGES" LONDON 1773

LONDON 1773 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,025.00
922

EARLY ILLUMINATED ISLAMIC MANUSCRIPT PAGE

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 3,162.50
667 NEWTON & SON'S

NEWTON & SON'S TERRESTRIAL / CELESTIAL GLOBES

1844 and 1843 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,875.00
587 A.A. MILNE

FIRST EDITION SET OF (4) BELOVED CLASSICS

Methuen & Co. Ltd. London. First Published 1924-1928 etc USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,070.00
585 GEORGE ANSON

A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD 1748

1748 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 1,955.00
412 ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528)

"The Resurrection from the Engraved Passion"

1512 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,840.00
585A JONATHAN SWIFT

GULLIVER'S TRAVELS VOL I & II

USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,380.00
584

SALT'S TRAVELS LONDON 1814 "VOYAGE TO ABYSSINIA"

1814 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 920.00
585C

LEATHER BOUND BOOKS

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 805.00
592

1868-1869 NAVAL MAP OF THE NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN

1868-1869 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 805.00
550 GIOVANNI BATTISTA PIRANESI (1720-1778)

"Veduta della Villa Estense in Tivoli"

USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 690.00
555 REMBRANDT van RIJN (1606-1669)

(6) Small (19th c) Reprints on laid paper.

19th c USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 632.50
554 REMBRANDT van RIJN (1606-1669)

(6) Smaller (19th c) Reprints on laid paper.

19th c USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 603.75
580 GUESTS OF GEORGE AND ANNIE HAWLEY

GUESTS OF GEORGE AND ANNIE HAWLEY

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 575.00
557 REMBRANDT van RIJN (1606-1669)

(6) (19th c) Reprints on laid paper.

19th c USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 546.25
516 LOUIS ICART (1888-1950)

"Sweet Mystery"

1935 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 517.50
600

MAP OF VIRGINIAE ITEM ET FLORIDAE & NOVA VIRGINIA

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 402.50
559 REMBRANDT van RIJN (1606-1669)

(6) (19th c) Reprints on laid paper.

19th c USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 373.75
590 WILLIAM MORRIS

GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE: A LECTURE

USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 373.75
556 REMBRANDT van RIJN (1606-1669)

(6) Small (19th c) Reprints on laid paper.

19th c USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 287.50
585B

LEATHER BOUND BOOKS

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 287.50
593

EASTERN CARPETS SERIES 1 & II by VINCENT ROBINSON

1882 and 1893 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 287.50
553 REMBRANDT van RIJN (1606-1669)

"Christ with Pilate"

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 258.75
621 J. WILKES

PAIR OF (18th c) J. WILKES COPPER ENGRAVED PRINTS

18th c USD 100.00 - 300.00 USD 258.75
  • 19th Century Shop
    Catalogue 198 just published
    19th Century Shop. Darwin and Wallace, first printing of the first paper on natural selection
    19th Century Shop. Shakespeare’s Poems, first collected edition
    19th Century Shop. Walt Whitman portrait inscribed with a Leaves of Grass poem
    19th Century Shop. Major Elizabeth Barrett Browning manuscript notebook
    19th Century Shop. Spock's Baby Book, original MS
    19th Century Shop. Cellarius, Harmonia Macrocosmica, the great celestial atlas
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: [Langland (William)]. The vision of Pierce Plowman, nowe the seconde time imprinted..., Roberte Crowley, 1550. £8,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: [Shakespeare (William)]. [Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies], second folio edition, [by Tho.Cotes, for Robert Allot], [1632]. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Bible, Czech Biblia Bohemica, first complete Bible printed in the Czech vernacular, Prague, August 1488. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Shabthai Tzvi.- Collection of four printed and illustrated broadsides detailing the appearance, rise and fall of the false messiah, Shabthai Tzvi, Augsburg, 1666-67. £40,000 to £60,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Leaf from the Beauvais Missal, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment, [Northern France (perhaps Beauvais or Amiens)], [fourteenth century (c.1310)]. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Aubrey (John). [Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme], manuscript in English, Latin and Greek, [c. 1693]. £30,000 to £50,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord). Poems on Various Occasions, first edition, Harriet Maltby's copy, Newark, Printed by S. & J. Ridge, 1807. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, second impression with dust-jacket, 1937 [but 1938]. £7,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Blake (William).- Thornton (Robert John). The Pastorals of Virgil, 2 vol., engraved plates by William Blake, 1821. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: America.- Mount (William J.) & Thomas Page. The English Pilot…, [bound with] The Fourth Book, describing The West Indies Navigation from Hudson's-Bay to the River Amazones, 1721. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Oldfield (Henry Ambrose), Rajman Singh Chitrakar & others. An album of 160 photographs and 13 original artworks, (1833-1919), [c. 1850s-1880s]. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Audubon (John James) [and William MacGillivray]. Ornithological Biography…, 5 vol., first edition, presentation copy inscribed by Audubon, Edinburgh, 1831-49 [i.e. 1831-39]. £10,000 to £15,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A RUTH BADER GINSBURG BEADED JUDICIAL COLLAR. $80,000 - $120,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: ONLY KNOWN COPY OF THE ONLY BOOK BY THE REMARKABLE EVE ADAMS. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A COMPLETE RUN OF VISIONAIRE MAGAZINE THROUGH 2010. $6,000 - $9,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: LAW REVIEW OFFPRINT SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY RUTH BADER GINSBURG. $3,000 - $5,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: META REBNER'S WORKING SCRIPT OF THE LOVED ONE. $1,500 - $2,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A KATHY GROVE PORTRAIT OF CYNDI LAUPER FOR THE FEBRUARY 1989 DETAILS COVER. $800 - $1,200
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A PLASTIC COAT BY MILLIE DAVID FEATURED IN SOHO NEWS STYLE SECTION, FROM THE COLLECTION OF ANNIE FLANDERS. $500 - $700
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A RUTH BADER GINSBURG JEWELRY BOX. $600 - $900
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A SET OF JONI MITCHELL LYRICS FOR "IF I HAD A HEART." $2,000 - $3,000
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